He is speaking of the search firm the University is using. The owner of it is the ex Vandy AD
Why on God's Green Earth is a search firm needed? The obvious answer is 90 miles down I-75. This is about as dumb as hiring a consulting firm to prove the brown stuff in the toilet is, in fact, SH*T!
Why on God's Green Earth is a search firm needed? The obvious answer is 90 miles down I-75. This is about as dumb as hiring a consulting firm to prove the brown stuff in the toilet is, in fact, SH*T!
They do not hire the AD - they are a search firm that will filter through the candidates and submit the ones to UT that meets the criteria that UT gives to them.
We use search / consultant firms all the time - they don't hire the person.
His post is meant to stir controversy where none exists.
These colleges don't pay thousands to a search firm only to decline who the search firm brings to them....get a clue people.
A search firm should bring more than one candidate to the table - if not there is no need to engage a search team.
You are clueless if you think said search team will present one and only one candidate to UT for consideration. And you are clueless to think that UT must take one of said candidates if the fit is not right.
They are just a search firm - they don't hire.
And what is even more silly is to imply that a former Vandy contact would sabotage a hire to any university.
That is like saying a University of Alabama alumni should make sure that the team he is currently with loses to Alabama just because that is where he is from.